Flexible adjustable collar top



A. c. HARM FLEKIBLBADJUS-TABLE comm TOP Filed Oct.- 16. I922 AuGusT CQAHLES HARM INVENTOR.

. RNEY i lets '17 are then secured: to their respective ing it possible for thatloop to pass outof "its aperture 13;.

After my collartoplhas once been adjusted for a given set, of 'conditionspit is not necessary to disturbthe adjustment, except t9 readjust the collar'on'the same horse for,

seasonal conditions "or to-"adjustthe collar for 7 another horse; Since the billetsv lit "and 17 are 'released ononly one side when unhitching, the act of placingthe collar on or removing it fromthe horsesneck takes only a-mornent or time.*- My collar top has a wide,

' rangeof adjustability. "By its use,it is postop pad-16. The forward edge of the roll' ll l j is thus in the plane of the rear edge of the liame of'th'e collar and consequently the hame sible to bring about a variation of three or four' sizes in the collar. My collar top has substantially' the same form as that of the top pad 16, the result being that thefpad 16 follows-throughout the entire range'of adjustment.

Byr eferrlng to Figures- 1 a d seen] that the Troll 1'1 ofmy collar pad'is substantially in thevertical planeof the rollyof the horse collar, the roll'llbeingv Seated against the upturned rear 'd f strap at the top of the collar will rest against the roll 11. The hame starp is thus held by tlie'roll' 11 against rearward slidingmovemerit and at thesame time the projecting loops 12 prevent the forward sliding'iof the j 'hame strap."*'*It should also be notedthat my top padj'entir'ely covers the joint of the collar, thus shedding the water which tends to chafe the horses neck "and to rot the collar. V The pad being made-of leatheror sinii- .lar flexible but nonresilient material,- will binding or pinching of" thehorses cause no necln applied to the topof a horsecollar because this isthe most common use to which it is to be put. It is obvious that inconnection with a horse collar which opens at the bot- I tom instead ofat the top my device will be equally serviceable, it being necessary :only

to'slightly vary the dimensions and the pro-i throughfa pair'of said lastmentionedapen portions fot the. parts.

' llavingthus described my invention and the manner in which it is to be u'sedi, what I 1. Acollar top forl horse collars,"sai l= collar top being flexible and nonresilientan-d being adapted to'entirely cover thejoint of a the horse collar, a billet secured at its middle I'have shown anddescrib'edmycollar top "the collar top in both'ldirections I from its ;pointito,the collar top and extending length-j wiseofthecollar top, said collar top being provided with a pluralityof apertures in line with sai d billet whereby loopssecured 1 to the horse collar at the jointthereof may be pjas sed through-1a pair of apertures and secured by, said'billet, said loops being adapted also to serve as forward abutments a for the hame strap,and an outwardly; pro"-v [jecting roll at the rear-edgejof said; collar top, saidroll serving as a rear abutment to the rearward sliding of :-the, harrie prevent strap. f j

substantially equal to that of the horse colp 2."Acollar top fori horse collars, saiaCdIQ-ja lar top bei'ngfmade of-a flexibletand nonre silientmateria'l andhaving a widthiwhich is j r v lar at thejoint thereof, an upwardly gprojecting roll atthe rearedge of said collar top, said-roll being adapted to bearagainstf ftherear upstanding-flange of the top pad of i "the horse collar and being adapted also to serve as an "abutment-"to prevent the rear-- wardsliding of the harne strap, and means 1 whichare adaptedto be secured'to thehorse collar whereby'the said collar :top may be releasably and adjustablygsecured to the horse'c'ol-lar, said means beihgalso adapted toprevent the forwardsliding ofthehame strap.

a. A flexible 61m top which is adapted-" to, be secure'clito the outer side of a horse collar, said collaftop being flexible but nonresilient and being adaptedto entirely cover the joint "ofthe horse collar,v a pair of loops which area'dapted to be secured to? the'horse collar, a pair of billets-whichare adapted to be secured-to the'toplpad ofthe l horse collar and which are further adapted to secure the endskof saidicollartop in 3 contact with the horse collar, said'collar top having,v a pair of elongated apertures at" each of its ends and in line with'the respective billet, whereby each of said billets may be drawn througha pair-of apertures,- and a billet secured to said collar: top lat its: middle point 1 and extendingv longitudinally: of

securing point," said collarjtop being prov vided with a-hseries of pairsvof elongated apertures, the seriesof apertures being in line with said-last named billet, the arrange-r nient'being suchvthatafter adjustment of the horseco'll'ar the loops may be drawn turesto project beyon-dfthe outer "surface Intestimony-whereof si nature. 'AUG USTO, 

